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This election is pissing me off and scaring me in pretty much equal measures and I'd have to lock my laptop in a safe along with my telly and radio and not buy newspapers to avoid shit that gets my blood going where this is concerned. But hell, it's nearly as good as a cardiovascular workout.

I'm with you 100% on this , completely frazzled by this election . I keep telling myself in an attempt to calm myself that a progressive president wont be in office forever but you have read my rants on here about health care in America . I feel that if President Obama can get 4 more years and allow some of benefits of the health care reform to take place perhaps the next republican will not want to repeal whats now popular . I almost hyperventilate at the thought of Romney and Ryan in office .

ARe these numbers real? If so I am heading to Dunkin Donuts, then pick up a pack of cigs on the way back.

Yep , they are real . I just got a letter today with the lab results . The doctor commented that she was expecting improvement and I openly mocked her for saying it . It was my belief that since I had given up trying to eat better and was on the same meds for years it would be far worse .

It was yummy. And yes, that's a chicken leg that I added to my order. Although I was a bit put off because they didnt have any of the Creamy Horseradish dipping sauce as advertised on TV, so I went with the blackened Ranch.

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

Where do you get this idea that I have a "new" accent? People I know often comment that they're amazed that I've retained my American accent despite being here over twenty years. Now my daughter is another matter. She sounds like a proper little Govic (someone from Peel), but she's been here since she was four. She lost her American accent when she started school.

Said the lady who lives on some God-foresaken cold rock in the middle of the North Atlantic where they probably dont even have Fries

We have a McDonalds and a KFC here on the Rock, as well as several Subway outlets. While this wasn't true 21 years ago when I first moved here, they did have all the major American fast-food places over in the UK at that time. For the record, I occasionally have a sub, but I never go to the other two places. Ick. Too much grease and cardboard fries.

And yeah, Miss PeePee is right - the Rock Ellan Vannin is in the middle of the Irish Sea, not the North Atlantic. Duh. She even got the Manx Gaelic correct - I guess google is her friend.

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

You're seriously asking this? Your accent is at least 85% altered from anything resembling someone from the Midwest. It's now like a working class version of the UK-Madonna modification manifestation -- the Reinvention Tour! It must be osmosis or something.

You're seriously asking this? Your accent is at least 85% altered from anything resembling someone from the Midwest. It's now like a working class version of the UK-Madonna modification manifestation -- the Reinvention Tour! It must be osmosis or something.

Whatever. If my accent has changed it wasn't through a conscious effort on my part. Unlike Madonna.

Besides, you don't actually know if it has changed or not, you never heard me talk before I lived over here and come to think of it, we haven't talked in several years - perhaps your memory is at fault.

Hell, I can't even imitate any type of British accent. Whenever I try, my mates roll their eyes and tell me to give it up.

Maybe you're confusing the use of British turns of phrase with an accent. Try harder, darling.

At least I don't sound like Truman Capote, unlike some I could mention.

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

... like any of you are going to beat my cd4 count, or my % number...eat it bitches. You're dealing with the Master of AIDS here:

As far as my lipid panel, only my triglycerides are of any note. My HDL number is only off by 1 so that's a non-issue, and my total cholesterol number is great. After being on HIV meds for 19 years and 4 months I'd say that's not bad.

PLEASE NOTE: you can also see my negative results for both chlamydia and gonorrhea -- I AM A CLEAN TEEN.

.like any of you are going to beat my cd4 count, or my % number...eat it bitches.

I still don't know why your body seems to need sooooo many more CD4 cells than most others. I guess you need the extra help.

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You're dealing with the Master of AIDS here:

Don't you mean "Mister AIDS"? Or "Miss AIDS"?

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Is far as my lipid panel, only my triglycerides are of any note. My HDL number is only off by 1 so that's a non-issue, and my total cholesterol number is great. After being on HIV meds for 19 years and 4 months I'd say that's not bad.

My last lipid panel is still better than yours. Perhaps it is all that Korean double-fried chicken you are consuming.

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PLEASE NOTE: you can also see my negative results for both chlamydia and gonorrhea -- I AM A CLEAN TEEN.

Thank you, Tracey Turnblad.

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"Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you're going to burn in hell. The other is that sex is the most awful, filthy thing on earth and you should save it for someone you love." - Butch Hancock, Musician, The Flatlanders

Miss P probably has multiple strains of HIV that requires more CD4's to fight the multiple infections. Can't be any other explanation unless he's getting his blood drawn in a backroom of a bath house.

My HIV is very international -- I have several strains from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic as well as one each from Mexico and Brazil, and then there's that one that had a Santeria hex from the South Bronx in 1994, along with a live chicken.

I was also gang-banged by eight black men in Judy Garland Park after consuming a #2 White Castle combo and six vodka and sodas. There's now a plaque on a tree commemorating that evening. And I lost count of how many time I lost my apartment keys in a stall at The Bijoux in the East Village. At least they provide free Oreo cookies at the bar.

Seroconverted: Early 80sTested & confirmed what I already knew: early 90s

Current regimen: Atripla. Last regimen: Epzicom, Sustiva (since its inception with NO adverse side effects: no vivid dreams and NONE of the problems people who can't tolerate this drug may experience: color me lucky )Past regimensFun stuff (in the past): HAV/HBV, crypto, shingles, AIDS, PCP

My HIV is very international -- I have several strains from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic as well as one each from Mexico and Brazil, and then there's that one that had a Santeria hex from the South Bronx in 1994, along with a live chicken.

I was also gang-banged by eight black men in Judy Garland Park after consuming a #2 White Castle combo and six vodka and sodas. There's now a plaque on a tree commemorating that evening. And I lost count of how many time I lost my apartment keys in a stall at The Bijoux in the East Village. At least they provide free Oreo cookies at the bar.

I don't need porn, I only need your posts.

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Complacency is the enemy. Challenge yourself daily for maximum return on investment.

hmmm... maybe I'll swing by the artisinal hipster fried chicken and donut shop tomorrow after my visit at the podiatrist office. When I was there last week the tattoo'd lesbian counter girl admitted that she eats it five days a week, and she was a skinny rake.

hmmm... maybe I'll swing by the artisinal hipster fried chicken and donut shop tomorrow after my visit at the podiatrist office. When I was there last week the tattoo'd lesbian counter girl admitted that she eats it five days a week, and she was a skinny rake.

I did the fried chicken thing last night so I went easy on myself today and ate a double quarter pounder for lunch . Now its time for the other part of my beauty regimen , an Oxycontin and a nap , Later .

Seroconverted: Early 80sTested & confirmed what I already knew: early 90s

Current regimen: Atripla. Last regimen: Epzicom, Sustiva (since its inception with NO adverse side effects: no vivid dreams and NONE of the problems people who can't tolerate this drug may experience: color me lucky )Past regimensFun stuff (in the past): HAV/HBV, crypto, shingles, AIDS, PCP

I'm not upset in the slightest. I just wonder why you repeatedly insist on making an ass of yourself by comparing my accent to that of the publicity whore also known as Madonna, who lived over here for what, all of a year or two and tried to sound like she was some posh Sloan Ranger? Ludicrous.

I mentioned all this to my daughter earlier tonight - she said "that's a hoot! - obviously Miss PeePee never heard your attempts at a Scouse, Scottish, Black Country or East End accent - hilarious!"

If I've got any sort of accent these days, well, maybe it's transAtlantic or summat and maybe you're just jealous. Nyananyananyanaaaa!

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts